Author: Animesh Pathak
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Why I Switched to Table Driven Testing approach in Go
Unit Testing, specifically table driven tests, have gained significant popularity in recent years due to their ability to eliminate repetition and enhance test clarity and maintainability. By organizing test cases into a structured format, table driven tests provide a systematic way to reuse the same values across different unit testing scenarios efficiently. What is Table…
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A Guide to Canary Testing: How It Works, Benefits, and Importance
What’s Canary Testing? Canary testing is a deployment strategy where a new release is rolled out to a small subset of users before a full launch. Similar to miners using canaries to detect danger, this method helps identify bugs, performance issues, or risks early without affecting all users. Typically, about 5% of traffic is routed…
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Writing test cases for Cron Job Testing
Understanding Cron Jobs: A Quick Recap Cron is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like operating systems. It allows you to schedule tasks (or jobs) to run at specified intervals. Now, let’s get down to business – testing these Cron jobs to make sure they’re doing what they’re supposed to do. How can you be certain…
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How to Test Cron Jobs: Comprehensive Guide to Cron Job Testing
Before we dive into the world of Cron job testing, let’s first know what they are. In the computer’s world, a Cron job is a time-based job scheduler that automates the execution of tasks at predetermined intervals on Unix-like operating systems. These tasks can range from routine maintenance scripts to fetching data from APIs or…
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Building Custom YAML-DSL in Python
In this blog post, I will guide you through the process of building a custom DSL in Python. Why? Because, we have to encode real-world problems in code, but we are limited by the power of expressivity of the language we are using. The programming languages are fairly low when it comes to dealing with complex or…
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eBPF, Service Mesh and Sidecar
The operating system is like the boss of your computer, handling security, networking, and keeping an eye on what’s happening. But tweaking or improving the core part of the operating system, called the kernel, is a bit tricky because it’s mainly focused on keeping things stable and secure. Most cool new stuff usually happens outside…
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Master BDD Testing with Cucumber.js: A Comprehensive Guide
While BDD and Cucumber.js have been around for some time, many developers are still unfamiliar with how these tools can streamline development processes and improve software quality. This comprehensive guide will help you understand the core concepts of BDD, how to implement it using Cucumber.js, and how this approach can benefit your projects by making…
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Dignify Your Test Automation with Concise Code Documentation
With the speed of the test automation world, speed and readability are of utmost importance. While automation testers normally concentrate on running test cases and interpreting results, one of the key things that is usually neglected is code documentation. When using automated test scripts, have you ever caught yourself trying to decipher what a specific…
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How to Do Java Unit Testing Effectively
Java unit testing is a process used by developers to test individual components of a Java application. It helps ensure that each piece of code, or unit, functions correctly on its own. By isolating each unit testing it independently, developers can identify and fix issues early, improving the overall quality of the application. So, are…
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Performance Testing Guide to Ensure Your Software Performs at Its Best
Managing performance testing doesn’t have to be a white-knuckled ordeal. Let’s be honest, performance testing isn’t exactly the first thing that gets our hearts racing. By approaching it with the same strategic mindset we apply to our coding, we can transform it from a beast to be feared into a beast of knowledge – a…